[PLUTO-501] Configuration errors are not much descriptive

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 1.1.7
• Fix Version/s: 1.1.7
• Component/s: general

Environment

Linux ws-esp16 2.6.24-21-generic #1 SMP Mon Aug 25 17:32:09 UTC 2008 i686 GNU/Linux
java version "1.6.0_07"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_07-b06)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 10.0-b23, mixed mode)
Tomcat 5.5

• Assignee: Craig Doremus
• Reporter: Gonzalo Aguilar
• Created: 23/Sep/08 17:13
• Updated: 27/Jan/09 23:49
• Resolved: 27/Jan/09 23:49

Description

Hi all,

I was playing around with the project and found that sometimes is very difficult to trace down errors because missing configuration when deployment occurs.
Also messages are not much descriptive and constructions like:

PortletAppDD portletAppDD = PortletDescriptorRegistry.getRegistry().getPortletAppDD(servletContext);

Makes tracing difficult to do.

So I ask. Should we add a configurator or instructions ot configure the project?

I mean, Where the files should be when deploying, Why files are found in classes directory and others in WEB-INF, while others in META-INF.

I found particularly difficult the error with the file pluto-portal-driver-config.xml that was found in resources in maven and must be deployed to WEB-INF to let pluto find it.

So I wrote some small patches that I include with this bug report to clarify some of the bugs, and let the user know what was wrong.

I know this patch makes changes to the pom.xml of some subdirs, but they are needed to let m2eclipse plugin play fair.

Thank you.